Comments on: What Did You Think About The Season Two Premiere of Finding Bigfoot?

By: weazer

weazer — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:43:45 +0000

How can every noise in the woods be proof that bigfoot is there? If they are really trying to prove bigfoot is real they are setting it back more then anything. They act like they know their diets, habits, likes and dislikes. DO some real science on the show and get some objectivity.

By: painted8

painted8 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:56:54 +0000

I’d like the show a bit more if Moneymaker wasn’t involved (more Cliff and Ranae), they didn’t think that every bump in the night was Bigfoot, and some of them weren’t making definitive statements about outlandish behavior that Bf are ‘known’ to do (swimming underwater to get geese?).

By: midwest mimi

midwest mimi — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:32:00 +0000

Lost several hours of my life last season watching this mess that I won’t be recapturing. Not making that mistake again. This show lacks creativity, scientific perspective, and charisma. I’ve said it once, and I’ll repeat: this show should be called “Looking for Bigfoot” because these guys couldn’t “find” Bigfoot if he marched directly into camp, punched Matt in the face for his poor howling ability, and gave Bobo a lap dance. Perhaps if folks stopped watching and ratings plummeted the network would step up their game and produce something resembling quality.

By: DWA

DWA — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:51:55 +0000

Melissa Miller:

If I completely rewrote my post on why I don’t pay much attention to shows like this, it would sound like yours do.

Nice job.

By: sasquatch

sasquatch — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:28:15 +0000

Every Ghost Hunters episode MUST have them asking the spirit to make itself known and every Finding Bigfoot show MUST have all the cast members scaring away the “SQUATCH(‘S)” with their ridiculous caterwallerin’. I’m sure it’s in the contracts. At least this time they got a REAL baboon to make noise, but did you notice he kept his mouth shut after it got dark? Maybe the bafoon-foons could learn something from “Boon-Boon”.

Yep, I’ll be watching every show-for the Eyewitness accounts…nothing else will happen.

By: dharkheart

dharkheart — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:59:00 +0000

BoBo, Cliff and Ranae are pretty solid–OK, when BoBo says something similar to Bigfoot swimming underwater being a well known fact, he loses me; Matt is way too ready to proclaim everyone’s sighting as a “Squatch” and too quick to dismiss others’ descriptions of what they saw because the color is off or the height, etc., do not jibe with his image of a Bigfoot (by the way, I am in favor of squelching the “squatch”, also).

More science and less hype is what the show needs. Perhaps they don’t have the resources to buy better and more equipment. This is pretty much my view on Destination Truth: great format and good people but their stays are too short and their rushing wildly at noises diametrically opposes their stated intentions. After all, why make such an effort to be covert only to rush off and scare away the thing for which you’re searching?

Jeff Meldrum, Anna Nekaris, et al, bring science to bear in an understandable and targeted approach. While the possibility remains, I doubt they would hold a Ho’ Down or new age drum ritual to tempt Bigfoot out of the forest.

Pheromones, recordings and better equipment, sans Matt Moneymaker on the talent side and the show might grow new legs. As it is, I watch mostly out of morbid curiosity all the while hoping they would listen to Ranae a bit more when she tells them what she sees instead of poo-pooing her “No, that’s a ‘Squatch’ no doubt about it” mantra.

I hope it gets better.

By: Paul Melniczek

Paul Melniczek — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:54:12 +0000

I’ve only watched a few episodes so far. Are they overzealous at times and making bold assumptions? Yes. But this is an area filled with grey, and I’m not aware of anything which sets the standard for finding these creatures, and still has a strong appeal to a TV audience. This is partly entertainment, and partly scientific research. Do they crossover? Absolutely. I guess I’m someone who would be in the overly-enthusiastic crowd then. I’ve never seen one, but have friends who claim they have. Thus I believe, combined with all the research I’ve done on my own. Until there’s a body lying on a slate, the science community will never concede about the existence of these creatures. The show has its flaws, but so did Monsterquest and Destination Truth. The field has become more mainstream from all these, although many people will disagree, of course. But until some of the other methods come up with incontrovertible proof, I would be reluctant to gainsay their methodology. Show me all the proof by other methods, and I’ll be the first to stand by your side. So far, we have numerous stories, some samples, and other pieces of evidence. No smoking gun, by “traditional methods” or media-hyped ones. I do believe in their passion, and that wins me over to an extent. I’ll also believe in the passion of those who cast doubt on the show, and look forward to future revelations, no matter where they hail from. I think we’re all looking for the same destination, but travel different paths.

By: gridbug

gridbug — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:37:52 +0000

This show is useless. Pure and simple.

By: tylerbounds

tylerbounds — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:26:44 +0000

I work on the show as a production assistant, cameraman, and as the hiking and camping coordinator. I am also a member of the BFRO. I won’t comment on the show and people’s seeming dissatisfaction with it in general, or the cast, or the production, as I have already done that back in June, when I discussed with Loren the discovery of possible bigfoot tracks while filming an episode in Georgia. But I will take exception to two assumptions made here in the comments.
1.) There is always a chance that there will be random people in our filming areas, but we go to great lengths to not tell anyone specifically where we will be filming. Maybe the person with a particular states’ Film Commission, who issued us the necessary permits to film in certain locations, told all of their buddies, and those people decided to come out and mess with us. I will concede that it is indeed possible. But in the majority of our filming locales, there was NOBODY around that would be doing that. We were often a long ways out in the wilderness, or had permission to be behind locked gates or in restricted access areas. We have necessary permits, or landowners’ permission, to go the places we went, and we strive to keep those places very secret. In some states, I can virtually GUARANTEE you that there wasn’t anybody within miles of us while filming. We film at night in out-of-the-way locations, and contrary to what you might think, there isn’t a Bigfoot Hoaxer Mafia, consisting of people obsessed with messing with researchers, or for that matter, film crews.
2.) In each state, myself and one cast member went and camped for 3 days, in areas of reported activity. There is NO other cast or crew members with us when we go out. We spend 3 days hiking and exploring, setting up audio recorders, trailcams, bait stations- all the things we, as dedicated and very serious bigfoot researchers, do when we are in our local areas, on our home turf, NOT making a television show. I took my responsibilities during those 3 days VERY seriously, and I worked very, very hard to make sure that everything that occured during that time was documented, and that anything happening that could be a possible bigfoot interaction was investigated to the best of our abilities. It was my job to film the cast members out doing their bigfooty stuff, but, for me personally, my duty as a bigfoot researcher was primary, and my job as a film crew member was always secondary.
Thanks for watching the show.

By: D.R.

D.R. — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:08:22 +0000

I did check out the “baby bigfoot” site in the New Paltz, NY area back in the day, and can assure you that the area is squatch free. Minewaska (sp?) Park is large but even that area doesn’t hold any hope for bigfoots, in my opinion. Ulster County, no. Sullivan County and further north, absolutely.

In terms of the second season, I don’t know what to think because I only watched the “Further” episode, but based on Nielsen ratings, Finding Bigfoot: Further, did not meet APL’s expectations. Did the first episode of Season 2 fare any better?